Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-26
RANDALLS BILL.
ITS FEATURES AS GIVEN our BY TIE
AUTHOR
The Interstate Commerce Commission
ers~The Education B..l-PersOnal
and Postal Notes.

9'ron, our Regular Corrcap ondontl
WAaNoros. Jauuary 2j.-Statc-
mont. sn. Ont last night rs 10 the iea-
iurcs Of Che proposed revenue measures
agreed upon az the conference are m
correct in several particulars The fol-
LOWING statement Is based upon com
,ari,on between Mo Raulalis own
report of the proceedings to-day, gwen
~ a friend Of mine, aud that OF dr.
Henderson. Of North Caroline: The
repcal of the tobacco tax; free whiskey
IN the arts and manufactures; repeal OF
an retail licenses on liquors, including
lrcwcrs. rehatc ON tobacco AMI wins
lov on an nnbrokcn packages; repeal
of ,1ec,l taxes on the manuiachres
Of STILLS
II th.rc Is great opposition to free
wbiSkc, iu t.r arts, sc, the alterna-
five proposGop is q reduction Of the
vbiskev'tav .osiNtvccnts, II not toti'ty.
There is p, increase Of tariff duty,
lint a reduction Of some articles, the
mos, important of which is steel ITO
s13 Mr.. Randall thinks that the re-
duction on tins article alone "hi~nount
10 eight millions Of dollars.
Another meeting of the contcrrces
will be- held Thursday night 4 com
miiicc of seven has been appointed to
see the Speaker and learn OF hun what
procedure is now needed. Virginia
md North Carolina members are pretty
we'll pleased with the shape Of affairs.
one of them to-day, wnen asked II
help could be expected from the
Renublicans. replied thai then tins
would be- accomplished the Rcpub-
Gcans-who in North Carolina and Nir-
GINA have pretended that they were III
favor Of removing the burdens on the
people would be placed on record as
actually opposing such removal
The Georgia delegation, except one
man Mr.. Clements is opposed to
passing over the Morrison bill. Mr.
Harris. of that STATE, q member of the
Way- and Means Committee, says that
his committee Will use It's influence
against the hill maturcd last night.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSIONERS.
The President told Mr.. Carlisle that
mo- man who Was not Of national rcputa-
ton and known as competent for the
position in character and capaclty-nO
man IN whom the whole country would
not have confidence as soon as his name
Was nnnounccd-would be- appointed Il
commissioner Of Interstate commerce.
The Kentucky dclcgutionare Mounted.
More of the members favor eX-Sen-
a,or Cerro Gordo Williams than
any one else. An opinion pr
walls that Virginia viii receive
the honor for the South. and that
Mr. Randolph Tucker can have 1t if
hc wishes 1t is conceded that Colonel
Morrison viii be- the member from the
West. 1t Is believed 10y some gentle
men that the New York member will be
thcchairman Of the State Railway Com
mission and an adviser in the forma-
ton of the Cullom bill, Mr.. John ID.
Herman. son of the ex-senator.
Other southern names canya@ed are
Colonel Robert Beverley, of Virginia;
Major John ". Hughes, Of North Caro-
lima; General A. Il. Lawton and John
Scrcyen. of Georgia, planter and for
mcr railroad president; Thomas Bragg,
of Alabama, William G.. Long. OF
Texas, formerly Jay Gould's immiGra-
ton agent, now granger, and at pres
cut ~ consul IN Germany.
EDUCATION.
Mr.. Daniel SAYS that the education
hill may pass under suspension of the
rules some suspension day-that is its
chance. He has done and is now doing
All that isiu his power for this measure,
which or people have so much at
heart OF the arrangement at the last
session 10y which the chairman pledged
the Committee on Labor 10 bring up
for consideration only labor bills, he
knew nothing at the time, and was
only advised Of it after the movement
which he made III the House the other
day
SEEDS,
Mr. Cowles made a decided Init in
directing this morning to "a Texas bill
To- distribute seed IN that STATE He
said that We hear that the education
hill was unconstitutional, and yet this
extraordinary request was made. He
objected Texas Is the leading State
the education measure.
BRIEFS.
Nr. Cahell presented the petition of
of Martinsyillc, Henry county,
Va. praying the abolition of the tobac-
cO-taX.
Mr.. skinner presented repetition of
citizens of BelNidiyr for the passage of
the education mll
The Oxford Board of Trade petition,
through General Cox, for the repeal of
the internal tax on tobacco.
Embrcy post-ollice is changed to
Somerset
Postmastcrs commissioned. Anne f..
Middleton, Hallsyille, y. c.; John c.
Griffin, Ogrccta, y. c.
A. ID. Parr, Of Richmond, and j.
" Bodncr of Virginia, are visitors.
Judge Edmunds and Robert J. Nor
gan, Of Illinois; Governor Pattison,
Of Pennsylvania Governor Proctor
Knott, of Kentucky; and Representa-
tive Lowering Of Massachusetts,, are
additional names mentioned for the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Boutcllo Was very persistent, along
with half dozen other New England |
ucn, in iutcrrupting. Mr.. Turner this |
afternoon in hisargumont on the Rhode |
Island pierce election case, when, |
n rctort. the judicial-minded Georgian
SAID o. Mr. Speaker, ifthere is a Demo
ymi ln the State of Maine who would |
not get mp at the break of day and pay |
ue expenses 10 60 TO the polls |
md vote against the gentleman
rom Maine / would call him unworthy
hc name Of Democrat The House
nng again and again FIVE or six times
'ith applause never saw more
lcarty appreciation Of hit.
The leaders OF the House Democrats
Who are opposed to the latest revenue
movement held q conference to-day,
mt the details are not accessible,
NfIX. CONGRESS-.